Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-18

however, to alleviate much bodily as we'll
as spiritual suffering. Little by little the
wonders lie performs undermine the
authority of the savage physicians. and he
Is looked Ia instead of them.
Some young scientist should write Il
treatise. on th,. effect Uf beer on clocks aud
watches. We have frequently had able
papers Oh the effects uf iron and electricity
on the running of watches, but none on the
effects of beer. For instance il has been
demonstrated by numerous examples of
clnck~ living ia -. ,Gns and other places
where taurh b-eI il sold, that the clocks
gain time wonderfully, commencing at Ii a.
m. ia the morning The clocks remain
normal all day and keep
perfect time up To $50 =. III.
al night At this time there Is another
Curious phenomenon. The clock, com
mence to lose time. The strange part of
this is that the gam in the morning and loss
al night is almost Instantaneous, as If ac-
complishei by 4 human hand. IL differs
from the action of electricity on clocks or
watches. which Is gradual II Is supposed
that the beer ia some WAY induces some
Kind of magnetic action which interferr>
with the running of the clocks, although
brewery clocks usually keep good time.
From this cause IL usually happens that all
the saloons open "A lew minutes earlier than
the prescribed time III the morning, and
keep open n few minutes after 10 O'Clock al
night. This peculiar action oi the clocks
Is no doubt very annoy ing Ia the StlouniSts.
The strawberry crop this year has been
splendid. Not tG.- years has the fruit been
so abundant a. this year Strawberries
require plenty uf sun ami pleQty of rain,
alternately, and that is what We have had
this spring. The frequent rains have caused
the berries 10 grow Ia n remarkable size,
and the bright, warm. sunshiny days have
ripened them. Fine strawberries have been
selling in market all the way from Z Ia 10
cents per quart. On big market morning
when the supply of Strawberries was great
er than the demand, the fruIt has been sold
BY tile drawer as low As cents per quart,
in cases where the dealers saw that the
berries would not keep. Such fruit does
very we'll for making Jelly and canning.
A man about town was telling me the
following the other day. | have not yet
decided whether il is original with him or
faxed out of some almanac. A real estate
man took friend of his out to see some
claims. The lots were a good way out of
the city, and the r. e. man drove thithrr al
a break-neck speed. so as TO make the lots
seem close in. Stopping with flourish
before very pretty piece OF farm land.
over which the COWS were c0ntentedly
grazing, the T. t. man poured forth q chap
ter Of burning eloquence on the beauty
and convenience of their location. The
prospective purchaser listened patiently,
and then said:
81 beg your pardon, sir, but what city
did you say these lots are in'''
''Ha, ha, ha, said the T. e. man; ''ab-
sent-minded. aren't you? A very good
joke. Why, they're in Springfield, Of
course, and will double in value in thirty
days"
We'll, there must be some mistake,
some where, said the purchaser. II was
in Dayton last week. aud a Dayton real
estate man showed me these same lots"
Showed you these same lots. did he?
Why. what in the world was he doing mp
here?"
''Oh, nothing; he Just brought me up 20
see them. He claimed that they were in
Dayton
The High school commencement this year
seemed Ia be on the inStallment plan. II
the popularity OF higher education continues
growing at the present rate. We may live 10
see the time when the announcements OF
the commencement will read. High school
commencement Blacks opera house one
week only, with Saturday matinee
There is sharp little kink about the real
estate auction business In Cincinnati, which
our Springfield real estate men don't seem
Ia have caught on Ia. al least II has not
been introduced a. feature into any of the
sales Of lots this spring. ln Cincinnati
when big plat of cheap lots are 10 be- sold,
the hrm making the sale advertise that one
Of the best corner lots on the plat will be
given away to some one present at the sale.
Each person who attends the sale is given a
certain ticket or chance on the lot. The
lucky ticket draws warranty deed for the
lot, so that some one ia the crowd
gets tine lot free. This
scheme never fails Ia draw big crowd TO
the sale, and where Is big crowd there is
usually lively bidding and good prices. OF
course the people who buy the lots pay for
this free lot in the end, from their lots be-
ing bid up to higher prices. but the offer of
free lot never fails Ia draw n big crowd
Times of real estate activity are delightful
occasions TO the respectable beat in a big
city. There are free rides 10 the safes, free
lunches, free cigars, free lemonade al the !
sale, and other advantages. le beat makes
il a point To attend all oi these sales.
In Miss Daugherty's room at the Clifton |
street building, the other day, the pupils |
were given As a subject for a composition, |
What | Would Dosith 81 200 if | Had |
H." The compositions on this fascinating |
subject were more Imaginable than |
Mark Twsins sketch Book One boy |
headed his composition with, II would first |
buy bicycle Others wrote of the end |
less supplies OF horses and carriages, trips |
around the world, etc., they would invest |
III. Instead of $1,000 IL would probably |
take $1,000, 900 TO carry out some of the |
plans mapped ont.
A Springfield NAH told me the other day |
that one of the big dairy proprle.ors west of .
The city Is making nearly $4,000 per year |
out of his dairy and farm. He runs |
large number of milk wagons and has the |
business down fine, The consumption of |
milk in Springfield reaches enormous iiy-
lTes, and piles OF money are no doubt made
IN the business. ii some of the Young
men who are trying to keep their hands
white selling tape and adding up ledgers,
Hould get little place out in the country
md go to raising cabbage, or chickens, or
'ows, they would make Infinitely more
money in the long run.